Ethereal Stakes

Ethereal Stakes

Group Three Betting Guide
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Location: Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria
Prize Money: $200,000
Distance: 2000m

The Group 3 Ethereal Stakes is a 2000m event held annually on Caulfield Cup Day for three-year-old fillies, is run under set weights and penalty conditions and boasts a prize pool of $200,000.

This race has been known as the Ethereal Stakes since 2011, after the race was named in honour of Ethereal who completed the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double in 2001.

From 2000 to 2011, the Ethereal Stakes was classified as a Handicap race before being upgraded to Listed level in 2011. After being run as a Listed race until 2014, the Ethereal Stakes was upgraded to Group 3 level in 2015.

The Ethereal Stakes has proven to be a good form race for the VRC Oaks later in the spring, as Set Square and Pinot completed the double in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

Notable winners of the Ethereal Stakes include Renaissance Woman (2022), Verry Elleegant (2018), Pinot (2017), Set Square (2014), Arabian Gold (2013), Astronomia (2005), Hierogram (2002) and Lolita Star (2000).


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2025 Ethereal Stakes Final Field

HorseBetting will update this page when the 2025 Ethereal Stakes final field is released.


Previous Ethereal Stakes Field

  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Too Darn Discreet
    Dan O’Sullivan
    Michael Dee
    4
    58kg
    2 Silks
    Jenni’s Meadow
    Ben, Will & JD Hayes
    Ethan Brown
    3
    57kg
    3 Silks
    Femminile
    Phillip Stokes
    Thomas Stockdale
    1
    57kg
    4 Silks
    Hurry Curry
    Danny O’Brien
    Jye McNeil
    8
    56kg
    5 Silks
    Killcare Beachgirl
    Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
    Tim Clark
    5
    56kg
    6 Silks
    Inevitable Truth
    John Sargent
    Joao Moreira
    10
    56kg
    7 Silks
    All Kinds Of Folk
    John & Chris Ledger
    Patrick Moloney
    2
    56kg
    8 Silks
    My Phar Lady
    Richard & Will Freedman
    Ben Thompson
    7
    56kg
    9 Silks
    Mummsie
    Andrew Bobbin
    Harry Coffey
    6
    56kg
    10 Silks
    Belladramatic
    Liam Howley
    Jason Maskiell
    9
    56kg
  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks Tropical Squall Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 12 59kg
    2 Silks Dolphin Skin Leon & Troy Corstens Craig Williams 13 57kg
    3 Silks Coco Sun Tony & Calvin McEvoy Kerrin McEvoy 8 57kg
    4 Silks Autumn Angel Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Billy Egan 3 56kg
    5 Silks Konasana Chris Waller Damian Lane 7 56kg
    6 Silks Grinzinger Belle Danny O’Brien Michael Dee 2 56kg
    7 Silks Basilinna Emma-Lee & David Browne Damien Oliver 11 56kg
    8 Silks Wings Of Song Patrick Payne Ben Melham 9 56kg
    9 Silks Bon Mistress Ken & Kasey Keys Blaike McDougall 5 56kg
    10 Silks Saxon Beauty Mark & Levi Kavanagh Jamie Kah 1 56kg
    11 Silks Another You Dan O’Sullivan Daniel Stackhouse 4 56kg
    12 Silks Everlasting Kiss Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Blake Shinn 10 56kg
    13 Silks Lady Tempest Robbie Laing John Allen 6 56kg
  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks Moko Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 3 56kg
    2 Silks Uncorked Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 9 56kg
    3 Silks Pavitra Richard & Will Freedman Jamie Kah 11 56kg
    4 Silks Born Hustler Jason Warren Damien Oliver 8 56kg
    5 Silks Renaissance Woman Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 5 56kg
    6 Silks Cabaca Chris Waller Tommy Berry 7 56kg
    7 Silks Foxy Cleopatra Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Blake Shinn 14 56kg
    8 Silks Whakamana Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Jye McNeil 13 56kg
    9 Silks Let’sbefrankbaby Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Lachlan King 2 56kg
    10 Silks Makrana Mark & Levi Kavanagh Michael Dee 12 56kg
    11 Silks Zest For Life Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Daniel Moor 1 56kg
    12 Silks Grey Northern Simon Zahra Damien Thornton 6 56kg
    13 Silks Aunt Roberta John O’Shea Ben Melham 10 56kg
    14 Silks Whispering Lady Mark & Levi Kavanagh Luke Nolen 4 56kg

2024 Ethereal Stakes result


1stToo Darn Discreet (+290)
2ndJenni’s Meadow (+170)
3rdFemminile (+120)

Recent Ethereal Stakes winners

  • Too Darn Discreet ($3.80) claimed back-to-back Group races following her tough win in the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon, which has come subsequent to her win in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington. The Dan O’Sullivan-trained filly has continued her upward spiral this preparation, with a shot at the VRC Oaks set to be her next target. Jumping as the drifting market elect, the daughter of Too Darn Hot settled behind the leaders, Killcare Beachgirl ($4.20) and My Phar Lady ($71), before pulling out three-wide at the 500m mark to make her run. Although Michael Dee gave his filly a tough task, having to sustain a wide run around the home turn, she gave a strong kick and held a margin all the way to the line over Jenni’s Meadow ($9.50) on her outside and Femminile ($7) to the inside to claim a tough win.
  • Autumn Angel ($4.80) managed to run down Tropical Squall ($2.00) in the shadows of the post to claim the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield. The Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained filly ran into the minor money in the Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 29, and has bounced to an impressive victory thanks to a perfectly timed ride by Billy Egan. He was able to navigate a path to the lead along the inside running rail, while the daughter of The Autumn Sun produced a stunning turn-of-foot to defeat the Sydney raider. Basilina ($41.00) was strong to the line, filling out the trifecta spot, while the Chris Waller-trained Konasana ($7.00) was far from disgraced rounding out the top four. It was all honours the winner though, as Autumn Angel looks to press on to the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) on November 9.
  • Renaissance Woman (+400) and Josh Parr have taken out the Ethereal Stakes over Foxy Cleopatra (+380) and the runaway leader Pavitra (+500), who stuck on for third. Both Renaissance Woman and Foxy Cleopatra came from the very back of the field and rounded the bend five and six wide getting out to what looked to be the better ground. As they rounded the bend Pavitra had a three-length lead still, but they quickly ate into the lead and paired off to clear out by over two lengths on the line to fight out the finish.
  • A Damian Lane special has seen the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Daisies (+900) claim the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield. Lane took off mid-race and took up the lead, after the leading duo slammed the brakes on, and allowed his mount to run along at her own pace. Although she was still a maiden, Daisies extended her lead on the home turn and kicked away from Glint Of Hope (+1100) and Biscayne Bay (+1400), who ran on from the back to fill the placings.
  • Anthony & Sam Freedman and Ben Melham have combined with Chica Fuerte (+450) to claim the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield. When Chica Fuerte got into a rhythm and ran the race to suit herself, she didn’t give her rivals a chance after booting clear on the home turn to put the race to bed by the 200m mark. After sticking on well from just behind the leaders, Star Of Eden (+3000) was nabbed on the line for second place by the fast-finishing Salto Angel (+1800).
  • Archie Alexander-trained Gamay (+600) has clung on to defeat the race favourite Vegas Jewel (+250) in the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes. After going into the race undefeated, Vegas Jewel appeared to have the eventual winner covered at the 100m mark, but Declan Bates got the most out of his filly and she kept fighting to the line. Behind the top two was Celestial Falls (+380) in third place, who stuck on well after leading the race.

Ethereal Stakes past winners list

Ethereal Stakes Past Winners
Year Horse Jockey Trainer
2024 Too Darn Discreet Michael Dee Dan O’Sullivan
2023 Autumn Angel Billy Egan Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
2022 Renaissance Woman Joshua Parr Bjorn Baker
2021 Daisies Damian Lane Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
2020 Chica Fuerte Ben Melham Anthony & Sam Freedman
2019 Gamay Declan Bates Archie Alexander
2018 Verry Elleegant John Allen Darren Weir
2017 Pinot Stephen Baster Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
2016 Eleonora Damien Oliver Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
2015 Dawnie Perfect Jim Cassidy Clarry Conners
2014 Set Square Nicholas Hall Ciaron Maher
2013 Arabian Gold Peter Robl David Vandyke
2012 Alzora Nicholas Hall David Hayes
2011 Gliding Darren Beadman Bart Cummings
2010 Dizlago Nicholas Hall Lee Freedman
2009 Run For Naara Hugh Bowman John Thompson
2008 Estee Dwayne Dunn Lee Freedman
2007 Try This Danny Nikolic Colin & Cindy Alderson
2006 Amitola Darren Beadman John Hawkes
2005 Astronomia Darren Beadman Gai Waterhouse
2004 Mango Daiquiri Steven King Pat Carey
2003 Timbourina Damien Oliver Tony Wildman
2002 Hierogram Darren Beadman John Hawkes
2001 Gold Lottey Darren Gauci Graeme Rogerson
2000 Lolita Star Stephen Baster Peter Hayes

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